See Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran Behind-The-Scenes Of "End Game" Video

Taylor Swift has a big reputation, ah, and you probably heard about her, ooh, music video. Now go behind-the-scenes of "End Game" along with Ed Sheeran.

In the newly released behind-the-scenes video, we get a glimpse into the filming of the music video for the popular track, along with some tidbits about how the song game together. We learn that Sheeran wrote his verse for the song following a dream, Swift plays "a tight game" of Scrabble on her phone and the background dancers convincingly bop along to silence during their scene in the video.

The track from Swift's 2017 album Reputation, features both Sheeran and GRAMMY-nominated rapper Future. It peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Taylor Swift On Track For Top-Selling Tour For Summer 2018

Ed Sheeran earns top per-show act status according to StubHub's annual preview report, with the Eagles, Harry Styles, and Beyoncé and Jay-Z also ranking high on the list

Renée Fabian

GRAMMYs

May 30, 2018 - 2:37 pm

Last week we asked you to vote on your most anticipated summer tour, from the TDE Championship Tour and G-Eazy to Luke Bryan, Harry Styles, and more. On May 30 Stub Hub released their fourth annual report on the hottest in-demand summer 2018 tours by the numbers. Let's see how your vote stacks up.

Taylor Swift is predicted to be the top-selling act overall and the seventh highest when calculating the per-show rate, while Ed Sheeran raked in the best overall position according to per-show sales spanning U.S. tour dates from Memorial Day to Labor Day 2018.

Overall, Swift is followed by the Eagles' tour at No. 2, who also placed third highest when factoring in a per-show rate. Third overall was Styles, followed by Beyoncé and Jay-Z's co-headlining tour at No. 4 and the Foo Fighters at No. 5. Others who made the Top 10 for best-selling artist overall include Kenny Chesney, U2, Journey and Def Leppard's co-headlining tour, and Sam Smith (No. 10).

George Strait rounded out second place for most sales per show behind Sheeran. Pearl Jam, whose guitarist Mike McCready was just honored at the 2018 MusiCaresConcert For Recovery, also placed in the Top 10 for best-selling act per show, along with Billy Joel, Justin Timberlake, Pink, U2, and the Foo Fighters.

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Billboard pointed out that women had a strong representation among the Top 30 overall and per-show tours. In addition to T-Swizzle and Queen Bey, Britney Spears, Shakira, and Shania Twain all earned prominent placement. Swift also outpaced her closest companions on the list by a wide margin, besting the Eagles by 40 percent and Styles by 65 percent.

So what do you think? Where did your favorite artist rank via the numbers?

Halsey Set To Headline 2018 Billboard Hot 100 Festival

This summer's about to get hotter as the GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter joins Kehlani, Future, Daya, Rae Sremmurd, and DJ Snake for this year's New York festival

Renée Fabian

GRAMMYs

Jun 20, 2018 - 1:59 pm

Things are heating up is music festival land this summer. Adding to the fire? The June 20 announcement of the lineup for the Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival in New York.

GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter Halsey will headline Saturday of the two-day event with Rae Sremmurd, while DJ Snake and Future will light up the crowd on Sunday evening. Additional performers announced include Kehlani, Daya, Machine Gun Kelly, French Montana, Kim Petras, Taylor Bennett, Nghtmre, and more.

"It's an incredible honor to headline the Hot 100 Music Festival this year and join such a talented group of artists on the line-up," Halsey said in a statement. "I'm ready to bring the heat to Jones Beach for a second time. You can't beat performing for fans in New York. They're the best in the world."

The Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival, which features music across the pop, electronic, indie, and hip-hop genres, will take place Aug. 18–19 at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater in Long Island, N.Y. Tickets are available via the festival's website.

Voting is open either online via TeenChoice.com or by Twitter hashtag, one per Tweet by pairing a name with #ChoiceMaleArtist or #ChoiceFemaleArtist. The limit on enthusiasm is 10 votes per day, per category, for each platform user ID, a wrinkle some multiplatform fans are likely to use effectively. Among other things, for the musical artists, this really is a chance for their fan bases to show their love.

Nicki Minaj Announces NickiHndrxx Tour With Future

Catch the GRAMMY-nominated rapper as she brings "Chun-Li" to 28 cities across North America

Renée Fabian

GRAMMYs

Jun 11, 2018 - 1:26 pm

Nicki Minaj has been going hard ahead of the release of her Aug. 10 studio album, Queen. We've heard a handful of hot new singles, and last week she showed off the royal artwork featured on the album's cover. Now we have a tour announcement.

On June 11 the GRAMMY-nominated rapper announced she will head out on a 28-date North American trek this fall with fellow rapper Future. They'll start their jaunt in Baltimore on Sept. 21 and pass through cities such as Detroit, Boston, Chicago, Toronto, Dallas, Denver, and Los Angeles before wrapping up in Las Vegas on Nov. 24.

For those in Europe, don't worry. Minaj and Future will take the NickiHndrxx tour through Europe starting Feb. 21, 2019, with dates in Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, London, and more.

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